The Hammond World Atlas Corporation
archival collection consists of map sculptures, printing separations, and business
records (index cards) that document the 100-year publishing history of the company.
Hammond was known for its extensive line of world, historical, school, and thematic
atlases, but the company also issued a wide variety of other cartographic items,
including maps, globes, and transparencies during the last 100 years. It printed
numerous other works, primarily for the educational market. In addition to its own
imprints, Hammond's cartographic output was included in the encyclopedias, almanacs,
dictionaries, religous texts, and textbooks of many other publishers.